- Date
- July 22, 1970
- Place
- Lorain, OH · LORAIN, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5091Bensen B-8M
- Status
- Completed · report September 24, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 116151
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1020 70/7/22 LORAIN,OHIO BENSEN B-8M CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 255 TIME - 1800 N5091 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LORAIN CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LORAIN,OHIO LORAIN,OHIO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN ROLL OVER LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- PLT FAILED TO MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED DURG DOWNWIND TURN.LANDED SHORT OF RWY ON ROUGH AREA OF ARPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5091
- Reported as
- Bensen B-8M
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lorain City
N5091Registration cancelled Feb 2, 1972 · Bensen Gyrocopter B-8MJAirframe modelBensen Gyrocopter B-8MJ
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